I am loving Le Rouge et Le Noir. Continue reading
Picking Up Women in 1830s Paris
Posted in Reading with tags Julien Sorrel, Red and the Black, Stendhal on January 16, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle
A Genius for a Friend
Posted in Journalism, Reading with tags Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Pride and Prejudice, Rodney Hall, Stendhal, The Red and the Black on January 15, 2011 by Jarrod BoyleIt’s great to have a genius for a friend; it guarantees often exhilarating conversations. Continue reading
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What's Wrong with the Australian Film Industry!
Posted in Film, Journalism with tags Chardonnay sipping socialist, David Parker and Nadia Tass, Jim Schembri, Matching Jack, The Age Newspaper on January 15, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle
Began reading this article on Friday afternoon.
It was interesting, and by the time I’d read the text, I decided to read the comments, also. Three things;
- You can’t underestimate the wit and wisdom of the average reader.
- Every twat responsible for the Australian Film ‘industry’ should have this fixed as required reading.
- The problem is just as most of us suspected.
I understand that most of us are ‘time poor’ (snigger), so I reproduce some of my favourite letters below. Continue reading
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Real Men #2 (Posthumous): Jordan Rice
Posted in Journalism, Real Men on January 13, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle
13 year old Jordan Rice was engulfed and swept away by mounting floodwaters in Toowoomba because he insisted rescuers save his younger brother first.
http://www.theage.com.au/environment/weather/how-jordan-died-to-save-his-brother-20110112-19obf.html
“Goodnight, sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
Shakespeare,
Hamlet,
Act 5, scene 2.
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Phoenix Jones
Posted in Journalism with tags Alan Moore, Dave Hoskin, Phoenix Jones, The Age Newspaper, Watchmen on January 10, 2011 by Jarrod BoyleDrag!
Posted in Journalism with tags Blair Withers, Miss Man, Mitch Bartlett on January 1, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle
Dickileaks
Posted in Journalism with tags AFL, Andrew Lovett, Canterbury Bulldogs, Malcolm Noad, Matthew Johns, Nick Del Santo, Nick Riewoldt, Rugby League on December 26, 2010 by Jarrod Boyle
Jarrod Boyle Versus Nathan 'Carnage' Corbett
Posted in Kickboxing with tags Nathan 'Carnage' Corbett, Pavel Zhurilov, Richard Walsh, Urban Fight Gym on December 16, 2010 by Jarrod Boyle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhZeu2J8ci4
I have written three articles about Nathan ‘Carnage’ Corbett for International Kickboxer Magazine. The first was a preview of his clash against Tyrone Spong, who was widely considered at that time to be the best pound-for-pound kickboxer in the world. After Carnage knocked him well into the middle of the week after, contest or no-contest, I think it is fair to say that the mantle for that particular accolade has passed. Nathan, at age 30, is well on the way to asserting himself as the best kickboxer on the planet. Continue reading
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Getting Reemed
Posted in Kickboxing with tags Alistair Overeem, Benjey Zimmerman, Errol Zimmerman, Ewerton Texeira, Gokhan Saki, Golden Glory, K1, Pride on December 11, 2010 by Jarrod BoyleIf this comes down the chimney, I’m getting the hell outta there.
If there was one incident that made me wonder about people who make fighting their profession, it was the day I found myself in the shower with Alistair Overeem. Continue reading
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Winter's Bone
Posted in Film with tags Eisenstein, Elizabeth Duse, Winter's Bone on December 4, 2010 by Jarrod BoyleRhee Dolly, played by Jennifer Lawrence, is seventeen. She lives with her twelve year old brother and six year old sister in a log cabin in the Ozark Mountains, in Missouri. She also cares for her mother, who suffers from some undisclosed mental illness which has rendered her catatonic. Her father, Jessop Dolly, a renowned local meth cook, has skipped bail. As a result, the law has foreclosed on their property and her family’s already meagre resources are stretched to breaking point. Necessity means she has to either find her father and convince him to turn himself in, or turn up his corpse which will release her family from having to pay his debt. Her quest takes us on a journey through the demography of a little-seen part of the U.S. Continue reading
